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Better Retail Ventures

VC
New York, NY

Better Retail Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Consumer, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Consumer, Developer Tools, AI / ML, SaaS
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on tech that accelerates efficiency and innovation for brands selling through traditional and digital retail channels.

How Better Retail Ventures invests

Better Retail Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer, Developer Tools, AI / ML, SaaS. It does not invest in Travel.

Better Retail Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Better Retail Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Shelfly.

Partners & Team

KA

Katie Andresen

Head of Platform

founder support
operations
platform building
W“

Wesley “Wes” Selke

General Partner

impact investing
early-stage technology
mission-driven start-ups
RM

Rick Moss

General Partner

impact / mission driven ventures
scaling early startups
LB

Lyndsey Boucherle

Partner

health & life sciences
science / bio tech
food & health
DP

David Park

Principal

Retail Platforms
CPG SaaS
Marketplaces

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Consumer
Developer Tools
AI / ML
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Travel

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

SH

Shelfly

CPG Analytics
How to pitch Better Retail Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Katie Andresen, Head of Platform.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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